Filename Restriction for Mac and Unix?

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Question

I'm building a GUI which allows users to specify the name of a file. My GUI has to work on Windows, UNIX, and Mac so I've written a method which checks a filePath for validity. I used MSDN to find the restrictions on Windows file names so my method can check any path on a windows system. Does anyone have a list of file name restrictions on Mac and UNIX?

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Solution

The restrictions are related more to the file system than to the OS. Check out this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#Limits

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A good overview can be found here on Wikipedia

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